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  • Orange T&Cs ban Spotify, Facebook and YouTube

    Orange T&Cs ban Spotify, Facebook and YouTube

    iPhone purchasers beware 3 November 2009 17:52 GMT

    Orange's terms and conditions for its mobile internet ban applications like Spotify, AudioBoo, Ustream, Facebook and YouTube, something which could be of concern to those considering buying an iPhone with the mobile network.

    In the company's T&Cs, it says: "Not...

  • Living launches "Liv" online TV channel

    Living launches "Liv" online TV channel

    Offering low-end style, celebs and showbiz programming 2 November 2009 14:15 GMT

    Living has launched "Liv", the UK's first online TV channel, offering "style and celebrity" programming.

    Live from 2 November, the IPTV channel can be viewed at www.livingtv.co.uk as well as through its own YouTube channel and can be downloaded via a "state...

  • Foo Fighters stream gig over Facebook

    Foo Fighters stream gig over Facebook

    Fans asked to update their status during the show 30 October 2009 11:16 GMT

    Rock band Foo Fighters have announced that they'll be streaming a free gig on Facebook on 30 October. The show will come live from the band's Los Angeles HQ and the stream will begin at 7pm PST (that's 3AM GMT). It'll be powered by Livestream.

    Fans can RSVP to...

  • Facebook awarded $711 million from spammer

    Facebook awarded $711 million from spammer

    Spamford Wallace ordered to pay out 30 October 2009 10:53 GMT

    It's been revealed how much money Facebook has been awarded in damages over a recent anti-spam case against internet "marketer" Sanford - or as he's known Spamford - Wallace.

    Facebook filed the anti-spamming case in February after Wallace accessed people's...

  • Facebook offers memorial option for profiles

    Facebook offers memorial option for profiles

    So you don't get timeline updates from dead people 27 October 2009 16:35 GMT

    Facebook has quietly launched a new feature that allows users to mark profiles of dead users as being a "memorial". Friends and family will be able to report to Facebook the fact that a user has passed away, offering "proof" via an obituary or news article.

    The...

  • Guitar Hero rocks one million Facebook fans

    Guitar Hero rocks 1 million Facebook fans

    38 million games sold to date 27 October 2009 9:16 GMT

    Guitar Hero is the first console game franchise to surpass 1 million Facebook fans, says developer Activision.

    As the number one best-selling third party video game franchise in America and Europe this year to date, since its release, more than 38 million...

  • Facebook feeds and which to use

    The new Facebook feeds and which to use

    News Feed, Live Feed and what the hell it's all about 26 October 2009 16:07 GMT

    Facebook is a funny old creature and it does like to throw changes at its users faster than most. Well, good on Zuckerberg Inc for doing its best to keep up with the times - it's just a shame that for many it can cause a little confusion as to where to find all the bits...

  • Facebook makes more homepage changes

    Facebook makes more homepage changes

    "News Feed" and "Live Feed" options detailed 26 October 2009 9:17 GMT

    Facebook has made more changes to its homepage that go some way to undo recent tweaks by offering a more tailored version of the stream of info that users see.

    The social networking site is now offering two views of News Feed: a summary view of the "most interesting"...

  • Facebook touchscreen homepage launches. Software, Online, Facebook, Social networking 0

    Facebook touchscreen homepage launches

    Saves you installing an app 22 October 2009 17:17 GMT

    Facebook has released a new homepage for users of touchscreen phones that can't or don't want to be burdened with downloading a dedicated app.

    The new homepage, available at touch.facebook.com has been optimised for handsets like the iPhone and Android powered...

  • Facebook has added music to its gift store. Software, Online, Websites, Facebook 0

    Facebook has added music to its gift store

    10 cents for a perpetual stream of a track 22 October 2009 11:43 GMT

    Remember those Facebook "gifts" that the social networking site used to push on you? They quietly disappeared in one of the various redesigns that have taken place on the site over the last year or so, but it looks like they're coming back.

    The New York Times...

  • Atari offers "Photo Sauce" Facebook app

    Atari offers "Photo Sauce" Facebook app

    Drag and drop digital stickers 22 October 2009 11:23 GMT

    Atari has launched a new social networking app - Atari Photo Sauce. This new application lets Facebook users "express themselves" by dragging and dropping digital stickers across their pics.

    The stickers include "cute graphics, irreverent sayings and funny...

  • Twitter comes to Bing

    Twitter comes to Bing

    Facebook to come, but later 21 October 2009 19:45 GMT

    Microsoft's digital head Qi Lu has confirmed, as rumoured earlier today, that it has signed a non-exclusive deal with Twitter and Facebook to provide status updates to its Bing search engine.

    The two new services will allow users to use Bing to search tweets in...

  • Twitter and Facebook Status updates coming to Bing

    Twitter and Facebook Status updates coming to Bing

    Live search coming to Microsoft search engine 21 October 2009 18:50 GMT

    Microsoft is about to sign up both Twitter and Facebook in a non-exclusive deal to help improve the Bing search engine.

    The deal, which will see both sites integrate their real-time feed of status updates into the Bing search engine is, if true, expected to give...

  • Facebook for BlackBerry gets updated

    Facebook for BlackBerry gets updated

    Version 1.7 arrives 19 October 2009 9:24 GMT

    It's being reported that Facebook has rolled out an update to its BlackBerry client. Version 1.7 is now available and can be found and downloaded on both on the BlackBerry App World and on blackberry.com/facebook and m.facebook.com.

    The new features list isn't...

  • Is Kodak coming back

    Is Kodak coming back?

    Is it possible for the photography giant to own digital as it once did film? 16 October 2009 17:48 GMT

    Twenty years ago you couldn't help but marvel at the site of a stadium twinkling with thousands upon thousands of camera flashes and wonder just how much money Kodak was raking in. This year the last roll of 35mm Kodachrome colour film will leave the production line,...

  • Xbox 360 Dashboard preview program reopens

    Xbox 360 Dashboard preview program reopens

    Get a first look at the new features 15 October 2009 11:11 GMT

    Microsoft has, just like earlier in the year, offered its users the chance to take a look at the forthcoming dashboard upgrade a little early in the hope of getting rid of any bugs that testers might not have spotted.

    The next version of the dashboard will have,...

  • Facebook improves system to report offensive behaviour

    Facebook improves system to report offensive behaviour

    Wants to "locate and remove abuse as quickly as possible" 15 October 2009 10:24 GMT

    Following some tragic news regarding the negative side of Facebook, the social networking site has announced it has improved its process to better respond to offensive behaviour on the site.

    In a blog post, Facebook says: "While only a small fraction of people...

  • Is Spotify coming to the PS3?

    Is Spotify coming to the PS3?

    Rumours that it's planning a Facebook app, too 14 October 2009 15:58 GMT

    It's no great secret that Spotify is expanding sideways at a rate of knots. Now that it's got its core desktop music-streaming experience locked down, it wants more little added benefits that it can turn over to premium subscribers to convince them to shell out an tenner...

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    Fugitive caught after Facebook updates

    Fraudster discovered in Cancun 14 October 2009 10:53 GMT

    Maxi Sopo, a Camaroon-born fraudster on the run from US authorities, has been arrested in the Mexican beach resort of Cancun after posting about what a lovely time he was having in a series of Facebook status updates.

    The updates were seen by a former US Justice...

  • Facebook poke lands woman in court

    Facebook poke lands woman in court

    Breached the terms of a protection order 12 October 2009 14:54 GMT

    A Tennessee woman is facing jail time thanks to a simple Facebook poke. Shannon D. Jackson, of Hendersonville, TN, has been arrested and sent to the Sumner County Jail after she poked another woman on Facebook, violating the terms of a court order that stated: "no telephoning,...

  • VIDEO: Coke using Facebook to find your evil twin

    VIDEO: Coke using Facebook to find your evil twin

    "Worldwide social networking experiment" 8 October 2009 16:32 GMT

    Coke is launching a "worldwide social networking experiment", otherwise known as a publicity stunt, to help people find their doppelgangers.

    With the laughably tenuous link that "if Coke Zero has Coke's taste, isn't it possible someone out there has your face?",...

  • Sony Ericsson T715 gets integrated Twitter app on 3

    Sony Ericsson T715 gets integrated Twitter app on 3

    Micro-blogging service as network exclusive feature 6 October 2009 11:53 GMT

    3, no stranger to Twitter-friendly phones, has announced it is to offer a special version of the Sony Ericsson T715, featuring an integrated Twitter application that is available only on its network. 

    The integrated Twitter application gives users one click...

  • Facebook now available in Latin

    Facebook now available in Latin

    Dead language "springs to life" on popular social networking site 5 October 2009 10:31 GMT

    As well as upside-down English and pirate, Facebook is now available in the mother of all romance tongues, Latin.

    In a blog post, the social networking site says: "Most of the time when we stumble upon a Latin phrase, it's etched in stone: carved in the hallways...

  • Playfish debuts Quiztastic Facebook game

    Playfish debuts Quiztastic Facebook game

    Create your own quiz show 29 September 2009 15:26 GMT

    Playfish has launched another casual game to appeal to the masses on Facebook. This one's called Quiztastic and lets players create and customise a TV-style quiz show to play against friends and Playfish users.

    Playfish doesn't seem to be doing too badly out...

  • Sky Player coming to Xbox 360 in October?

    Sky Player coming to Xbox 360 in October?

    Update expected to include Facebook and Twitter, too 28 September 2009 17:31 GMT

    It's rumoured that the next Xbox 360 update will be arriving in October. The October issue of Sky Magazine says that the Sky Player will be avaialble to download on the console, and a web address that the publication links to also features "OCT" in the url.

    The...

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